The Dave Clark Five Glad All Over LP (White Vinyl)

The debut studio album from British quintet The Dave Clark Five was originally released in March 1964. It includes the hit singles "Bits and Pieces", "Do You Love Me" and the title track "Glad All Over", the single which at the time supplanted the Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand" from the top of the UK Singles Chart. DC5 were one of first UK acts to achieve success in the US as part of the British Invasion, as well as making more appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show than any other UK act. This reissue includes recordings remastered from the original tapes and an updated tracklisting that differs from the original US release and the subsequent UK version entitled A Session With The Dave Clark Five. It is presented on limited edition white vinyl and features reproduced original artwork.

There's neither an anniversary nor any other kind of milestone to tie to this re-release of the Dave Clark Five's debut U.S. full-length. There doesn't really need to be. This Tottenham quintet was one of the other British Invasion acts to truly challenge the Beatles' ubiquity on the American charts in the '60s with hits like this album's title track and 'Because.' It helped that they pretty much saturated the market. This record was the first of four the group would release in 1964 - all of them landing in or near the Top 10. It also didn't hurt that the DC5 were the perfect blend of nasty and sweet, as born out on this fine reissue. The sentiments in their original songs had a romantic bent, be it the joyful glow of 'All of the Time' or the baleful 'Bits & Pieces.' But the band's overdriven attack (everything from Clark's drums to Denis Payton's saxophone to Mike Smith's vocals are coated in a thin layer of distortion) goes for the throat, fangs and claws exposed. Remastered for vinyl using the original session tapes, the music burns hotter than ever.